Contending Issues in African Development

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Contending Issues in African Development Advances, Challenges, and the Future

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Obioma M. Iheduru

Book Code: GM0961

ISBN: 0-313-30961-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30961-8

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350 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 2/28/2001

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Economics and Economic History

Series Number: 219

Description: Taking a forward-looking approach, this book critically examines the issues and dynamics central to Africa's problematic development and situates these issues within the contents unique cultural, political, economic, and social milieu. Moving away from a simple litany of problems bedeviling Africa's economy, the book is the culmination of several scholars' efforts to identify specific causative factors. Each chapter delineates a specific issue, demonstrates the role it plays in overall development, and speculates on probable ways to meet the challenges it poses. The major conceptual and epistemological constructs considered include the tamed African State, social capacity, management of change, reconceptualized gender roles, and economic integration. Although the contributors' various approaches diverge and disagree, the epistemological variations contribute cumulatively to an understanding of the issues at the root of Africa's slow pace of development. While traversing the spectrum of issues that affect development, the book uniquely points out that the management of change is pivotal to fostering development. The authors' efforts provide a useful base for future research and help to chart a course of action leading to success in the 21st century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Conflicts and Convergence in African Development Thinking by Obioma M. Iheduru
Bring Back the State: From Instability to Consolidation
The Political Economy of State Reconstitution in Africa by Kelechi A. Kalu
The Mass Media and Political Stability in Africa: A Utilitarian Theory Approach by Kingsley O. Harbor
Africa Between the Meiji Restoration and the Legacy of Ataturk: Comparative Dilemmas of Modernization by Ali A. Mazrui
Building Social Capacity: Civil Society, Democratization, and Human Rights
Civil Society and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa by Julius E. Nyangóro
The State and Human Rights in Africa by Julius O. Ihonvbere
Democratization In Sub Saharan Africa: Problems, Advances, and Prospects by Harold A. Fisher
Prolegomena to an African-Western Ethics and Theory of Rights by Vincent J. Ferrara
Political Economy and the Management of Change
Towards Democracy and Security in Africa: What Prospects for Sustainable Development of Civil Societies by Timothy M. Shaw and Sandra J. MacClean
Nigeria: The Dynamics of Agricultural Policy in a Restructuring Economy by Browne Onuoha
Women and Sustainable Development in Africa by April A. Gordon
Regional Integration and Sustainable Development
Evaluation of the Present State of Economic Integration in Africa: How to Strengthen the African Economic Community by Aguibou Yansane Aguibou
West African Regionalism Revisited: Cooperative management of the Gambia and Senegal Water Resources by Nurudeen B. Akinyemi
The Politics of Regional Integration and Development in Africa: Issues, Limitations, and Prospects by Aja Akpuru-Aja
Conclusion
Redefining the African State: Political Capacity in the Post Reform Era by Obioma M. Iheduru
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 00-032797

LCC Class: HC800

Dewey Class: 338


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